Archive for 2023

One of the most obvious non-structural Best Management Practices (BMPs) is to simply ensure a regular schedule of maintenance is followed. This can include a sweeping schedule to keep roads clean, regular trash and debris collection, solid waste collection, a water truck visit to keep wind erosion down during dry spells and cleaning out inlet…

Educating trade workers about stormwater compliance is especially important. A formal education program is an effective non-structural Best Management Practice (BMP) that will help ensure construction site workers understand why it is important to protect our waterbodies. When construction sites’ operators provide general rules along with effectively explaining the reason, trade workers are more likely…

Performing the regulatory compliance required inspection is considered a non-structural Best Management Practice (BMP). Stormwater management involves the control and mitigation of stormwater runoff on construction sites to prevent flooding, erosion, and pollution of water bodies. Routine and rain event inspections play a significant role in this process.  Performing a stormwater inspection is typically a…

To maintain a strong stormwater compliance and management program, construction sites use tools and processes called Best Management Practices (BMPs) to ensure local waterways stay clean. When you approach an active construction site, you will notice many things in place to manage stormwater runoff from carrying sediment and contaminants from departing the site. Silt fence,…

Construction projects must take precautions to protect local bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, streams and sensitive wetlands from erosion and sediment caused by stormwater runoff. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers sediment as the most common pollutant in rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs. More frequent and intense rain events will increase erosion and…

In the stormwater business, the word “conveyance†is a term that describes a place or area to carry the storm water from one place to another with limiting impacts. Various types of stormwater conveyance channels help navigate the flow of water from storms by channeling it through a system to reduce erosion and potential flooding. …

A stormwater compliance inspection should be considered performing a snapshot in time of the construction project from the planning phase to the final stabilization. Each inspection can provide a story to the evolution of a project’s performance against minimizing erosion and sediment departing the boundaries of the construction site. The primary mission of the Florida…

A National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is a national compliance and regulation program. Many components of the NPDES program describe rules and policies to minimize and prevent pollutants in stormwater discharges. Industrial facility operators may be required to obtain an NPDES permit before they can discharge stormwater. This permit is required for industrial facilities…

On-site at industrial facilities, stormwater can become exposed to various materials such as product storage and staging locations, machinery and equipment, outdoor production activity, waste materials, and any other outdoor production or management circumstances. During industrial activities, stormwater can come into contact with manufacturing materials, equipment, and unsafe chemicals through product movement, staging, or transfer.…

Federal and state regulatory agencies at times will perform inspections on companies they may determine are out of compliance with federal and state requirements for stormwater regulatory expectations. Many industrial facilities are required to obtain a stormwater permit from either the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or their state’s environmental agency. These permits outline the specific…